(The "Lie" in Lie groups rhymes with "bee" and not with
"by", since it comes from the name of the Norwegian mathematician Sophus Lie)

From the point of view of classification, Lie groups are interesting, because they draw from several
areas of mathematics. They are groups, which puts them in algebra; they involve
continuity, a concept drawn from analysis; and they involve symmetry, a concept
drawn from geometry. In addition, Lie groups are used in several areas of
mathematical physics, including string theory.

February 2015

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